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Cottontail Preschool

471 E Street, Chula Vista, CA 91910 · San Diego County (619) 425-3107 License #376700971
12
inspections on file
6
recorded violations
0
health & safety class
Mar 9, 2026
last inspection

Inspection history

Source: California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division
Inspection history for Cottontail Preschool
DateKindOutcome as recordedViolationsOfficial record
Mar 9, 2026InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Dec 5, 2025ComplaintUnsubstantiated0Official report · PDF
Sep 3, 2025ComplaintSubstantiated: Licensee allowed unqualified staff to provide care and supervision to day care children0Official report · PDF
Sep 3, 2025Case Management: DeficienciesNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Jul 22, 2024Case Management: Other1 Type B deficiency cited1Official report · PDF
Jun 14, 2024ComplaintSubstantiated: Staff are operating over ratio; Staff are operating beyond the scope of the license; Personal Rights of children are violated · 3 deficiencies cited3Official report · PDF
Jun 14, 2024ComplaintSubstantiated: Staff do not ensure that adults do not use children's restroom; Staff engage in inappropriate interactions in the presence of day-care children · 2 deficiencies cited2Official report · PDF
Jun 14, 2024Case Management: OtherNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Apr 5, 2024Case Management: OtherNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Jan 25, 2023ComplaintUnsubstantiated0Official report · PDF
Jan 25, 2023InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Dec 9, 2022ComplaintUnsubstantiated0Official report · PDF

Violations

Text reproduced verbatim · California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division
How to read violations

Nearly every licensed provider accumulates some. A missing signature and an unlocked medicine cabinet are both “violations”, and they are not the same thing. Look at the class, the pattern over time and how quickly it was corrected — not the count alone.

Paperwork — records, postings, forms Standard — supervision, ratio, training Health & safety — direct risk to a child

Class is our grouping of the state’s own weights, reviewed per state. The agency’s own label is always shown beside it.

Jul 22, 2024Case Management: Other · 1 deficiency citedOfficial report
StandardState weight: Type B
CCR 101230(c) — Activities (c) A teacher-child ratio of one teacher supervising napping children is permitted provided that the remaining teachers…

“interviews conducted indicating that on more than one occasion, one staff member has cared for more than napping children. This may pose a threat to the health and safety of children in care.”

Corrective action plan due Jul 26, 2024
Jun 14, 2024Complaint · 3 deficiencies citedOfficial report
StandardState weight: Type B
CCR 101216.3(a) — Teacher-Child Ratio (a):

“at least two staff members on separate occasions providing care for more than children, per interviews conducted. This may pose a threat to the health and safety of children in care.”

Corrective action plan due Jun 28, 2024
StandardState weight: Type B
CCR 101161(a) — Limitations on Capacity (a):

“children under the age of two and over the age of being supervised and/or cared for at the facility during operating hours, per interviews conducted. This may pose a threat to the health and safety of children in care.”

Corrective action plan due Jun 21, 2024
StandardState weight: Type B
CCR 101223(a)(1) — Personal Rights (a): The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights:

“a child's food/drink being taken out of their lunch box and consumed by staff members and/or other children. Staff member has breast fed her own child in the presence of children in care. This may pose a threat to the health and safety of children in care.”

Corrective action plan due Jun 21, 2024
Jun 14, 2024Complaint · 2 deficiencies citedOfficial report
StandardState weight: Type B
CCR 101223(a)(2) — Personal Rights (a): The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights:

“adult staff members using children's bathrooms (not at the same time). This may pose a threat to the health and safety of children in care.”

Corrective action plan due Jun 21, 2024
StandardState weight: Type B
CCR 101223(a)(1) — Personal Rights (a): The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights:

“staff member has breast fed biological child in the presence of day-care children and staff member has been on the telephone and used inappropriate tone and demeanor while children in care have observed. This may pose a threat to the health and safety of children in care.”

Corrective action plan due Jun 21, 2024

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